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Dawna Clarke (Tuck)
Rose Martinelli (Chicago)
Judith Hodara (Wharton)
Sara Neher (Darden)
Soojin Kwon Koh (Michigan)
Randall Sawyer (Cornell)
Beth Flye (Kellogg)
David Simpson (LBS)
Liz Riley Hargrove (Duke)
Linda Meehan (Columbia)
Bruce DelMonico (Yale)
Peter Johnson (Berkeley)
Isser Gallogly (NYU)
Mae Jennifer Shores (UCLA)
J.J. Cutler (Wharton)
Jake Cohen (INSEAD)
Rod Garcia (MIT Sloan)
Mary Miller (Columbia)

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Clear Admit Interview Guides
Be as prepared as possible for your MBA interviews this season with the Clear Admit Interview Guides! School-specific sample questions and in-depth strategy, campus visit details and places to stay.

Application Deadlines
Below are the upcoming deadlines for admission to top-tier schools.
Feb 10: INSEAD R3
Mar 1: Michigan / Ross R3
Mar 3: CBS
Mar 3: LBS R3
Mar 4: Kellogg R3
Mar 8: Cambridge / Judge R4
Mar 8: CMU / Tepper R3
Mar 9: Duke / Fuqua R3
Mar 9: Penn / Wharton R3
Mar 10: Berkeley / Hass R4
Mar 10: Chicago Booth R3
Mar 10: Yale SOM R3
Mar 15: NYU / Stern R3
Mar 17: UCLA / Anderson R3
Mar 19: UNC / Kenan-Flagler R4
Mar 30: Cornell / Johnson R4
Mar 31: UVA / Darden R3
Mar 31: INSEAD R4
Apr 1: UT-Austin / McCombs
Apr 2: Dartmouth / Tuck R3
Apr 2: Oxford / Saїd R3
Apr 7: Stanford GSB R4
Apr 8: Harvard R3
Apr 14: CBS

Essay Topic Analysis
Below are links to our comments on some of the top programs' essay topics.
The Career Goals Essay
Berkeley / Haas*
Chicago Booth*
CMU / Tepper*
Columbia*
Cornell / Johnson*
Dartmouth / Tuck*
Duke / Fuqua*
Harvard*
Indian School of Business*
INSEAD*
London Business School*
MIT / Sloan*
Michigan / Ross*
Northwestern / Kellogg*
NYU / Stern*
Oxford / Said*
Penn / Wharton*
Stanford GSB*
UCLA / Anderson*
UNC / Kenan-Flagler*
USC / Marshall*
UT Austin / McCombs*
UVA / Darden*
Yale SOM*
* denotes '09-'10 commentary

Categories
Use categories to access all that has been written on each of the topics. We have categorized by school and by subject matter.

Interview Reports
A selection of interview field reports from fellow applicants posted to the MBA Admissions Wiki. Add your reports when you are finished with your interviews.
Chicago
Columbia
Dartmouth / Tuck
Duke / Fuqua
Harvard
Kellogg
Michigan / Ross
MIT / Sloan
Stanford
UNC / Chapel Hill
Virginia / Darden
Wharton
London Business School

GMAT Resources
MBA.com
Manhattan GMAT
GMAT Club
Princeton Review
Test Prep New York
Kaplan
Beat The GMAT
Knewton

Writing Resources
Guide to Grammar and Writing
The Internet Grammar of English
English Usage, Style and Composition
The Economist Style Guide
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant

School Rankings
Rankings are a good way to start your research on various MBA Programs. Keep in mind each uses a different methodology.
Business Week
Economist
Financial Times
Forbes
USNews
Wall Street Journal

Career Guides
The following resources should be useful to those who want to research the careers open to them after (or before) earning an MBA.
Vault.com
Wetfeet

Business School Resources
The following are business resources offered by a variety of leading Business Schools. It's useful to subscribe to these resources, especially for the schools to which you are applying.

MBA Programs: North America
If an MBA Program is not listed, please e-mail and we will be happy to list it.
Berkeley / Haas
Boston College / Carroll
Carnegie Mellon / Tepper
Chicago
Columbia
Concordia
Cornell / Johnson
Dartmouth / Tuck
Duke / Fuqua
Emory / Goizueta
Harvard
HEC Montreal
Indiana / Kelley
Michigan
MIT / Sloan
Northwestern / Kellogg
New York / Stern
North Carolina / Kenan Flagler
Notre Dame / Mendoza
Pennsylvania / Wharton
Queens
Stanford
Syracuse / Whitman
Texas / McCombs
Thunderbird
Toronto
USC / Marshall
UCLA / Anderson
Vanderbilt / Owen
Virginia / Darden
Washington University in St. Louis / Olin
Western Ontario / Ivey
Yale

MBA Programs: Rest of the World
As there is some variety in the length of international MBA programs, we have denoted the length of the program next to its name (1 = one year; 2 = 2 years). If an MBA Program is not listed, please e-mail and we will be happy to list it.
AGSM (Australia) 2
Cambridge / Judge (UK) 1
CIEBS (China) 2
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (China) 1
Cranfield School of Mgmt (UK) 1
ESADE (Spain) 1 or 2
HEC (France) 2
Hult (UK) 1
IESE (Spain) 2
IMD (Switzerland) 1
INCAE (Costa Rica) 2
INSEAD (France) 1
IPADE (Mexico)
ISB (India) 1
London Business School (UK) 2
Manchester Bus. School (UK) 2
Melbourne (Australia) 2
Oxford / Said (UK) 1
Rotterdam (Netherlands) 1
Tsinghua IMBA (China) 2
University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) 1

Additional Resources
Here we link a host of additional resources available across the web. E-mail info@clearadmit.com to have resources added to this list.
AACSB International
Association of MBAs
Beyond Grey Pinstripes
EFMD
gradschools.com (worldwide)
Infozee
International Student Loans
mba.com (GMAT Scores)
MBAInfo
mbaleague.blogspot.com
MBAzone
MBA Jungle
TOEFL
Top MBA

MBA Tipline
We encourage admissions officers, students and applicants to alert us of interesting news and developments, please send an email to news@clearadmit.com so we can blog it.

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Friday, March 19, 2010

Stanford Graduate School of Business Invites Prospective Applicants to Visit this Spring

Don’t miss Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) in the spring, when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom outside the Littlefield Management Center. In a recent post to the Stanford GSB admissions blog, Admissions Coordinator Brad Lindeberg invites prospective MBA applicants to come visit when the Class Visit Program resumes later this month.

Initial registration for the spring class visits and information sessions begins on Monday, March 22nd, Lindeberg writes. Weekly information sessions will begin immediately, and class visits can be scheduled starting on Monday, April 12th. Once enrollment has settled, the admissions office may add additional class visit spots, he added.

Campus visits are a great way to really get to know the school before applying, but they are in no way required, Lindeberg stresses. “Attending our on-campus events is neither required nor expected,” he writes. “Our events offer a chance to experience a day at the GSB, but do not result in preferential treatment in the admission process.”

If you are considering applying for Fall 2011 admission and plan to visit the campus, Lindeberg recommends trying to schedule your trip for the spring quarter if possible. “Our events in the Fall often fill quickly, when demand is highest,” he cautions.

For additional details about class visits and information sessions this spring at Stanford GSB, click here.

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 1:00 pm in MBA News, School: Stanford

Fridays From the Frontline

Hello, and welcome to Fridays From the Frontline! As the seasons shift from winter to spring (or summer to fall if you’re south of the equator), many bloggers have a chipper tone to their latest posts. Applicants were moving forward with their post-application plans, or still waiting for one last school’s notification, while current students traveled internationally and looked towards graduation day.

Steve’s bachelor party weekend in Atlantic City involved gambling and an $1,800 meal. XLick bought a $600 suit, and felt a little embarrassed about it, but figured it would be his ‘go-to’ suit for b-school. Braveheart showed some serious love for the Ross website, and encouraged others to check it out. Madalogue’s love affair with Haas came to an end as she received her zap notification, but she looked towards the future and her two admits. Ardent Meerkat chimed in with her latest admit/zap news, which included invites to Johnson and Fuqua, and zaps from Harvard and MIT. Hari was done with his application process, and explained why he chose IESE.

Foster ‘11 Helen traveled to Kenya with a group of classmates and felt overwhelmed by Nairobi’s markets. BU ‘11 Felish did not appreciate Mondays and wanted to know the results of her recent interview. Kellogg ‘11 Orlando happily joined the Kellogg team that will compete in the Boston University Tech Case Competition. Berkeley/Haas ‘11 Sunnyside Up struggled to connect with her classmates, but did feel that progress was being made.

Darden ‘10 July Dream only had 31 more hours in Sweden before returning to the states. Marshall ‘10 Andrew acknowledged that his schedule didn’t leave much time for blogging, but gave a little insight into the world of startups to his readers. Darden ‘10 Mechanigal welcomed spring and outlined what her final few months at Darden were going to look like. Fuqua ‘10 Randy was also looking at the dwindling list of things to do before graduation. McCombs ‘10 Paragon2Pieces recounted her experience of getting to India for spring break.

And that wraps up this week’s round up of the b-school blogosphere. As the sun shines brighter and warmer, we hope that everyone – students and applicants alike – get to take a little time to enjoy it! Until next week, have a great weekend.

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 2:00 am in Fridays from the Frontline

Thursday, March 18, 2010

MBADiversity and The National Graduate Preparatory Program Host National Symposium in NYC

On March 27, The MBADiversity Organization (MBADiversity) and The National Graduate Preparatory Program (GradPrep) are sponsoring the fifth annual New York City National Symposium, held in the Grand Hyatt in midtown Manhattan from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. This event aims to help students in the graduate school application process by providing information about the process itself, and offering information about test-prep scholarships and resources. In addition, admissions representatives and alumni panels from business schools and other graduate programs will be in attendance, hosting workshops designed to empower prospective students. Attendees to the National Symposium in New York City are also eligible to win a number of give-aways and drawings, including test prep financial assistance and discounts.

This intimate event is capped at 75-150 prospective students. Space is limited, so interested individuals should register ahead of time online through either organization:

The National Graduate Preparatory Program (GradPrep) registration
The MBADiversity Organization (MBADiversity) registration

This year the National Symposium in New York City will also offer an informational session on Global Immersion Module (GIM), a program sponsored by both MBADiversity and GradPrep. Started last year, the GIM program aims to instill global awareness, leadership, service, and professional development in graduate programs’ prospective and current students and recent graduates. This year the GIM will take place from July 16-26 in Shanghai, China, and consists of an internship and community service project in which participants will tutor migrant workers’ children for their middle school entrance exams. Available internship fields for participants include information technology, marketing and entrepreneurship. All participants will also enroll in a basic Mandarin language course, as well as have the opportunity to immerse themselves in various cultural activities.

Interested parties can submit an application on the MBADiversity and GradPrep websites.

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 5:00 pm in Events

Twitter Thursdays: News from MBA Programs

Welcome to this week’s edition of Twitter Thursdays, a column in which we highlight the updates of the top MBA programs on Twitter! If you’re not following Clear Admit already, be sure to check us out on Twitter for updates, special prizes, admissions tips and breaking news. We’ve also created a list of MBA programs to ease your daily access to breaking news from the top MBA programs, as reported by admissions committee members themselves.

The Assistant Dean of UCLA Anderson MBA Admissions & Financial Aid, Mae Jennifer Shores, announced a few details regarding the upcoming March 31 notification date. Specifically, waitlisted Round 1 candidates will receive news; Round 2 interview invitations can still roll out in April, as candidates can be placed on the wait list without interviews. Rich Lyons, the Dean of the Haas School of Business, announced some potential changes taking place around Haas on Berkeley’s campus. Across the pond, MBA Admissions Coordinator at Judge Business School, James Barker, concluded Cambridge’s Round 3 interview days.

Chicago Booth shared some next steps for Round 3 applicants. Registration is now open at Duke / Fuqua for its second annual Women’s Leadership Conference at the end of the month. The dean at The Tuck School weighed in on modern American savings, while another professor covered the value of home ownership. A professor at The Wharton School warned investors to not let the wins and losses of their sports teams influence their choices; this is particularly prevalent during March Madness. Some of INSEAD’s staff also shared some research, covering a range of topics from China to Greece.

Thanks for tuning into Twitter Thursdays this week! If you’re on Twitter, let us know; e-mail wiki@clearadmit.com with your user name and status as an MBA applicant, student or admissions officer so we can add you to the appropriate Twitter list. Happy tweeting and we’ll see you next week with some more updates!

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 3:28 pm in Twitter, Twitter Thursdays

BearingPoint Bankruptcy Could Cost Yale School of Management $8.1 Million

Business consulting firm BearingPoint Inc. was scheduled to give $30 million over seven years to the Yale School of Management (SOM) in exchange for “naming opportunities” at the New Haven school. Now, the failed firm’s liquidation trustee wants Yale to return the $8.1 million it received before BearingPoint filed for bankruptcy, according to a recent Bloomberg report.

John DeGroote Services LLC, BearingPoint’s liquidation trustee, has called for Yale SOM to return $2.1 million it received from December 2008 to February 2009 as part of an education collaboration agreement and another $6 million the school got in 2007 and 2008 as part of a commitment agreement, according to a March 12th filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York, Bloomberg reports.

“No material consideration flowed to BearingPoint, and no benefit to its business or assets was derived from the endowing of chairs or the naming of buildings at Yale,” the trustee told Bloomberg.

McClean, Virginia-based BearingPoint spun off from accounting firm KPMG LLP in 2000. In April of last year, the troubled firm won approval to sell most of its assts to Deloitte LLP for about $350 million, according to Bloomberg. Its financial-services business was sold to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

According to Bloomberg, a Yale University spokesperson did not return calls seeking comments.

For the full story, click here.

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 1:00 pm in MBA News, School: Yale

Campus Chronicles: The Stern Opportunity

In this week’s Campus Chronicles post, we’ll take a look at Stern’s student newspaper, The Stern Opportunity, to see what exciting events have been happening on campus recently for NYU’s b-school students.

Early in the month, 20 students from Stern and NYU’s part-time Langone program visited HBO’s midtown offices for a recruiting informational session. Attendees had the chance to meet the director of recruiting as well as the Senior Vice President of Film Programming, the Director of Affiliate Marketing, the Vice President of International On-Demand, and the Vice President of Product Management, who is a Stern alumna. Each of these panelists discussed that in order to be successful in the media industry, one must demonstrate passion and commitment, as well as possibly take on free or low-paying jobs in order to make contacts.

Also in early March, 20 students from Stern’s Emerging Market Association club went to Zephyr Management and met its CEO Tom Barry and COO Stephan Canter. The group discusses investing in emerging markets and the challenges this presents. Canter outlined how to invest in marketable securities, while Barry discussed the Zephyr philosophy finding a country or region with a compelling story and then determining the best investing strategy for this region. In the ensuing 15-minute Q&A session, Barry outlined the benefits of equity investing and how to manage risk, as well as the importance of understanding the human aspect to each deal.

The Stern Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association (SPHA) hosted their 2010 Spring Symposium, “The New Era of Healthcare: Innovation Through Change,” which over 130 students, alumni, and professions attended. Participants discussed the changes, both positive and negative, occurring in the healthcare industry, as well as the effects of healthcare reform. Keynote speakers included the CEO of Sheridan Healthcare and the CEO of CLS Pharmaceuticals, while industry professionals included leaders from Morgan Stanley, Citi, MedAssets, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Emblem Health, Eisai, and Deloitte. Specific topics of discussion focused on healthcare access, utilization, and end of life care. The symposium ended with several Q&A session and an informal networking event.

Finally, students had the chance to attend the Fifth Annual Private Equity Conference, hosted by the Stern Private Equity Club (SPEC). This year’s theme was “Strategies in an Uncertain Market,” and keynote speaker Mark Patterson, the Chairman of MatlinPatterson, discussed that economic fundaments may prove more helpful than sophisticated models in the current economic climate. Panels included “Distressed Investing and Restructuring, “Technologies for a New Economic Age,” “An Evolving Asset Class,” and “Buyouts: Challenges and Opportunities in the Current Environment,” each of which included guest speakers from a variety of companies, such as Kirland & Ellis, EM Capital, the Carlyle Group, Plainfield Asset Management, and Blackstone Group. Over 300 students, alumni, and industry professionals attended this event. A networking lunch gave students the chance to meet with the various professionals participating in this event.

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 5:22 am in Campus Chronicles, School: NYU Stern

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

GMAT Tip: Zenzizenzizenzic Zurprise

Today’s GMAT challenge question comes from our friends at ManhattanGMAT. To help you with your GMAT studying, try to solve the problem on your own, and then read on for the explanation of its solution:

Problem

x⁸ – y⁸ =

(A) (x⁴ – y⁴)²

(B) (x⁴ + y⁴)(x² + y²)(x + y)(x – y)

(D) (x⁴ – y⁴)(x² – y²)(x – y)(x + y)

(E) (x² – y²)⁴

Solution

You need to recognize the expression as a difference of squares. Like all other even powers, x⁸ is a square, equal to (x⁴)², so we use the template a² – b² = (a + b)(a – b), with a = x⁴ and b = y⁴:

x⁸ – y⁸ = (x⁴)² – (y⁴)² = (x⁴ + y⁴)(x⁴ – y⁴)

We continue breaking down the second part of the resulting expression, which is also a difference of squares.

x⁸ – y⁸ = (x⁴)² – (y⁴)² = (x⁴ + y⁴)(x² + y²)(x² – y²)

And we’re not done yet, because the last expression is of course also a difference of squares!

x⁸ – y⁸ = (x⁴)² – (y⁴)² = (x⁴ + y⁴)(x² + y²)(x² – y²) = (x⁴ + y⁴)(x² + y²)(x + y)(x – y)

This final product matches the expression in choice (B), so the correct answer is (B).

Plugging numbers is probably too time-consuming in this case. Among positive integers, only 0 and 1 are easy to compute the eighth power of (unless you’ve memorized that 2⁸ = 256). Moreover, several of the answer choices are designed to give you 0 if you choose x = y = 1.

If you did plug in x = 2 and y = 1, then you would get the following for choice (B):

256 – 1 = 255 = (16 + 1)(4 + 1)(2 + 1)(2 – 1) = (17)(5)(3).

If you happen to know already that 2⁸ = 256, then you could get 255 as your target number relatively quickly. Since 255 ends in 5, it must be divisible by 5. No choice besides (B) gives you 5 as a factor if you plug in x = 2 and y = 1, so you wouldn’t need to compute the actual values of every choice. However, it’s still the case that the best way to do this problem is to recognize the original expression as a difference of squares, and then factor.

Again, the correct answer is (B).

If you’ve been following our Challenge Problems, you might remember “Difference of Zenzicubes” from last October. At the end of the explanation, we mentioned that a “zenzizenzizenzic” is the square of a square of a square, or ((x²)²)² = x⁸. This name was coined by Robert Recorde, who also introduced something far more useful: the equals sign (=).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenzizenzizenzic

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 8:00 pm in GMAT - Quantitative, GMAT Practice Problem, GMAT Tips

‘March Interview Madness:’ Submit a Report for Columbia Business School, Cornell / Johnson, Harvard Business School or Stanford GSB to Win an Amazon.com Gift Card!

Welcome back to another edition of Wiki Wednesdays, in which we highlight some of the latest interview reports added to the Clear Admit Wiki, an online repository for MBA applicants to share their experiences with admissions interviews. We’ve received a number of great interview reports this past week, namely for: Duke / Fuqua, Georgetown / McDonough, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, UT / McCombs, UVA / Darden and Wharton. We’d like to thank everyone for continuing to share their experiences in the Clear Admit Wiki!

Let’s take look at a couple of the newest reports before digging into contest details. A Round 2 candidate for Northwestern / Kellogg shared the following questions from an interview with an alumna:

Tell me about your passion(s) outside of the professional or education realms (e.g., extracurricular pursuit).
What was your single greatest professional accomplishment?
What do you do for fun?
Tell me about a time when your communication with a colleague was a catalyst to achieve a team goal.
What are the 3 most important attributes of a successful leader? How do you rate yourself in each of these attributes?
Who do you admire as a leader?
What is the most challenging part of your job (current or previous)?

A Round 2 applicant to Wharton shared the following questions, as posed by an alumnus:

Which other schools have you applied to?
Tell me some leadership experience.
Tell me a time when things did not work out in a project.
Tell me a time when you were not in the leadership role.

Thank you to everyone who has shared their interview experiences this season and helped fellow applicants! If you’re eager to contribute, we’ll be awarding a $10 Amazon gift certificate to applicants that submit interview reports for Columbia Business School, Cornell / Johnson, Harvard Business School or Stanford GSB through next Tuesday, March 23rd! All you have to do is send us your interview field report for the selected schools for inclusion in the Wiki and we’ll send you a $10 Amazon gift certificate. You must send your interview report to wiki@clearadmit.com to be eligible; we’ll post it to the Wiki and notify the winners by e-mail (Limit: one gift card per person).

The most helpful and informative reports usually include the following information:

Date/Admissions Round
Description of visit and/or interview atmosphere
Type of interview (alum vs. adcom, blind vs. application-based)
List of interview questions
Commentary (What did you think of the interview? What surprised you? What didn’t surprise you? What might you conclude about the school based on this experience?)

Applicants who would like to supplement the information available on the Wiki can check out our Clear Admit Interview Guides, which provide school-specific insight about admissions interviews. Best of luck to those wrapping up the admissions season with interviews!

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 2:28 pm in School: Columbia, School: Cornell / Johnson, School: Harvard, School: Stanford, Wiki Wednesdays

Stanford Graduate School of Business Hosts Two Upcoming Conferences for Prospective Applicants

The Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) has planned two conferences for prospective applicants during the month of May, one targeting applicants who would bring diversity to the Stanford GSB community and another geared toward women who are considering the MBA.

The first conference, “Many Voices: Perspectives on Diversity,” will take place on Saturday, May 15th, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hosted jointly by the Asian Society (AS), Black Business Students Association (BBSA), Hispanic Business Students Association (HBSA), GSB Pride (LGBT) and the GSB MBA Admissions Office, the Many Voices conference will provide participants with an opportunity to meet Stanford GSB students, alumni, faculty and staff, attend panel discussions on life at Stanford, and take part in an MBA class immersion experience. Participants will also gain valuable insight into the MBA admissions process.

The second conference, “XX Factor: Women Changing the World,” will take place on Sunday, May 16th, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. This conference, geared toward women who are considering applying to business school, will also provide participants with an opportunity to meet and talk to current students, alumni, faculty and staff as well as participate in an MBA class immersion experience. The XX Factor conference also will feature panel discussions on life at Stanford. This conference is hosted by the MBA Admissions Office, the Women in Management Club and the alumnae Women’s Initiative Network.

Space is limited for both conferences, and interested parties must complete a brief application to be considered for participation. Applications for both conferences are due on Friday, April 9th, by 5 p.m. (Pacific Time), and decisions will be emailed by Friday, April 16th. Any prospective applicant is welcome to apply for either conference.

For the Many Voices application, click here. For the XX Factor application, click here.

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 1:00 pm in Deadlines, MBA News, School: Stanford

To GMAT or GRE, That is the Question

Clear Admit recently reported the findings of a survey, which gauged applicants’ course of action now that some b-schools are accepting GRE results. Where do weigh in?

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Majority of MBA Applicants Still Opt for GMAT Even as GRE Is Accepted by Some Business Schools, Survey Finds

Survey results released last week by Kaplan Test Prep reveal that most prospective business school applicants are still opting to take the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) for entrance into business school even as more MBA programs are beginning to accept Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores as an alternative.

Asked which of the two exams they would most likely take if their top choice schools would accept either one, 55 percent of survey respondents said they would take the GMAT, compared to 12 percent who would take the GRE, Kaplan reports. Twelve percent said they would most likely take both.

The majority of prospective applicants report they would take the GMAT over the GRE even though they consider the GMAT to be the harder of the two exams, Kaplan reports. Of the 300 aspiring MBAs polled in January and February 2010, 47 percent considered the GMAT to be more difficult than the GRE, with only 10 percent saying they think the GRE is more difficult, Kaplan reported.

These findings come as Educational Testing Services (ETS), which owns the GRE, is taking steps to make its exam an attractive option for business school admissions, including major test changes that would make the exam more difficult, according to Kaplan.

“The GRE test maker has made headway in gaining acceptance with many competitive MBA programs, and the announced test changes are most likely designed in part to make it more attractive to business schools,” Liza Weale, Kaplan Test Prep director of graduate programs, said in a statement.

Key changes planned for the GRE include multiple answer questions in each the verbal and math sections of the test, in which test takers must select all answers that correctly apply rather than just one. The verbal section also will be changed to include sentence equivalence questions that call on test takers to select two answer choices out of six that would correctly complete a given sentence and would create two similar sentences when used separately. The math section will also be changed to include questions that require test takers to enter the correct numeric answer to a math problem, with no choices given.

The new GRE, which will be administered beginning August 1, 2011, will also be a Multi-Stage Test (MST). This means that while it will still use computer-adaptive technology, test takers will be able to skip around within individual sections.

Despite these planned changes and the decision by some schools to accept GRE scores as an alternative to GMAT scores, test prep giant Kaplan is still recommending that prospective business school applicants take the GMAT.

“According to a recent Kaplan survey, the majority of top business schools are still GMAT-only and report that they are not currently planning to accept the GRE,” Kaplan’s Weale stated. “So for now, we’re recommending that students applying to business school take the GMAT, and students applying for other graduate programs take the GRE,” she continued. “Aspiring MBAs who only take the GRE may be limited their options,” Weale concluded.

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 1:05 pm in GMAT News, MBA News

Trivia Tuesday: Healthcare Management Studies at Wharton, Duke/Fuqua, Columbia, Harvard and Kellogg

Welcome back to Trivia Tuesday, our regular examination of the offerings and opportunities at the leading business schools.

Today we turn our attention to options for studying healthcare in business school, with a particular emphasis on Wharton’s Health Care Management Major and Duke’s Health Sector Management Program, the two oldest and best known healthcare programs among U.S. business schools.

Wharton’s major draws its faculty from the business, medical and nursing schools, as well as from practicing healthcare professionals, ensuring an interdisciplinary approach to the issues in the field. The Health Care Management major differs from other majors at Wharton in that students must choose the major in their initial application to the school instead of in their second year. Health Care Management further differs in that it aggressively integrates professional development and field work into the major.

For instance, all Health Care majors are required to complete a Field Application Project (FAP). In the FAP, teams of students spend a semester working with an industry partner to solve real world problems in the healthcare field. Given the amount of time these projects can take, students must work carefully to balance classes around the demands of their projects.

At Fuqua, students enter the HSM program from a variety of backgrounds; though the program does not require prior health sector experience, it does look for a strong commitment to the healthcare field among all participants. As with Wharton’s Health Care Management major, application to Fuqua’s HSM program is through the MBA admissions process, with HSM applicants asked to indicate their interest in pursuing the HSM Certificate in a special section of the application.

Once enrolled, Duke HSM students spend the first year completing the standard core curriculum before beginning the coursework that leads to the HSM Certificate. To earn the Certificate, HSM students take three HSM core courses and three healthcare electives. All six HSM courses count as elective credits towards the MBA degree requirements. This is a slightly heavier courseload than required by Wharton’s healthcare program, which asks students to complete two foundations courses and three healthcare electives.

Despite the prominence of the Wharton and Duke programs, they are far from the only option for MBA applicants seeking a career in healthcare. For instance, Columbia now offers the Health Care and Pharmaceutical Management program, Kellogg offers a major in Health Industry Management, and HBS hosts the Healthcare Initiative. Those business schools that do not offer formal healthcare concentrations tend to have a student club and/or a student-organized conference dedicated to supporting interest in the field, so regardless of the program, healthcare minded applicants should find plenty of resources.

For more on healthcare options, majors, student clubs or conferences, be sure to check out the Clear Admit School Guides.

For those who are interested in pursuing a career in healthcare and want to learn more about the different programs and opportunities available at each school, check out the Clear Admit Career Guide: Healthcare.

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 2:00 am in Career Guides, School Guides, School: Columbia, School: Duke / Fuqua, School: Harvard, School: Northwestern / Kellogg, School: Penn / Wharton, Trivia Tuesday

Monday, March 15, 2010

New Program Provides Business Schools with GMAT Fee Waivers for Prospective Applicants in Need

The Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), which owns the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), has created a new program designed to target prospective business school applicants for whom the GMAT registration fee presents a barrier to applying to business school.

The new fee waiver program, part of GMAC’s ongoing efforts to ensure universal access to graduate management education, lets business schools apply for up to 10 fee waivers per year that they can then offer to prospective students who can’t afford the $250 exam fee on their own.

GMAC encourages schools to offer fee waivers as part of need-based scholarship and financial aid programs, although schools may also use them to recruit students from financially disadvantaged regions or from other countries, GMAC says. For example, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) uses the fee waivers to help recruit students from what are called “less developed” sections of China, GMAC reports. GMAC will consider such recruitment initiatives when schools apply for more than 10 fee waivers per year.

GMAC does not grant fee waivers directly to prospective applicants, but only through business schools. The business schools that receive waivers, for their part, must provide monthly accounting to help GMAC monitor outreach efforts.

For more information on this new program, click here. Business school administrators who would like to learn more about the program can also email feewaivers@gmac.com.

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 1:00 pm in Financial Aid, GMAT News

Admissions Tip: Dealing With a Ding

With many MBA programs beginning to release their R2 decisions, the spring notification season will soon be coming to a close. While we would like to hope that today’s topic isn’t apropos for too many of our readers, we wanted to offer some advice to applicants who’ve been rejected from their preferred programs and are planning on reapplying next season. While it’s important to take some time to deal with the disappointment, it’s never too early to begin thinking about the next season, and there are a number of steps you can take to improve your candidacy and move toward a stronger application.

1) Reevaluate. While it’s certainly difficult when things don’t go to plan, this is actually a great chance to take stock of your career and goals, and make sure that an MBA is still a logical and necessary step at this point. It’s this sort of reflection that can lead to refined career goals and a clearer sense of the reasons you need a business education.

2) Revisit your applications. Once you’ve gained some distance from the emotional and time-consuming application process, it’s wise to review the materials you submitted to the schools with a critical eye. Having learned much about the process simply by applying, it’s likely that you’ll be able to identify a number of things that you could have done better. Whether you suspect your downfall was something like a strategic misstep in an essay or interview, or a more glaring weakness like a low GMAT or lack of extracurricular involvement, there is plenty of time to address your shortcomings before submitting an application next year.

3) Consider your data points. Your results this year may reflect some valuable information about your competitiveness at a top program. It’s important that you only apply to schools that you would be happy attending, but if you were unsuccessful at all of the programs to which you applied, it might be time to think about how realistic your list of target schools was and to add a few more to the mix. This is especially true for applicants who only applied to one or two programs this time around; there is an element of randomness and luck in the admissions process, and no matter how qualified the applicant, we recommend that a candidate target 4-6 programs to have a strong chance of success.

4) Schedule a feedback session, if applicable. While it’s possible that you’ve identified your weaknesses in retrospect or even were aware of them when you went into the process, if you’ve been denied by a school that offers feedback to applicants and are planning on reapplying, you should absolutely take advantage of this opportunity to learn of the adcom’s perspective and demonstrate your commitment to the program. In fact, reapplying without seeking feedback when offered can raise questions for the adcom concerning how seriously an applicant is taking the process and the school. Of course, some schools do not offer feedback to anyone and others, such as Tuck, selectively offer feedback only to particularly promising candidates. There is naturally high demand for this service at programs that provide slots on a first come, first served basis, so it’s important that you make a point of requesting a feedback session at the earliest possible time.

Of course, the adcom can only be so candid, and it’s important to seek out feedback from other objective and knowledgeable sources. Send an email to info@clearadmit.com for more information about our tailored application feedback and reapplicant advice.

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Saturday, March 13, 2010

GMAT Tip: “Layering” in Sentence Correction Questions

This week, we have another article from Chris Ryan, Manhattan GMAT’s Director of Instructor and Product Development. This week he tackles “layering” in Sentence Correction questions. Layering is a technique used by a test writer to make a question more difficult.

We all know that the GMAT is a computer adaptive test, and computer adaptive tests give us questions based on the difficulty level that we “earn” as we take the test. How do the test writers at ACT (the organization that writes the GMAT) determine which questions are harder than others?

First, ACT engages in a process called “normalization,” wherein all freshly written questions are tested by actual test takers to determine what percentage answer the questions correctly (we know these questions as “experimental” questions). If too many people answer correctly, the question may need to be toughened up. If too few people answer correctly, the question may need to be dumbed down. ACT is looking to assemble a pool of questions that covers a range of difficulty, from cakewalk to mind-bending, and the test takers help them do so.

How does ACT find these test takers? Easy. Everyone who takes the GMAT will end up answering up to 10 unscored “experimental” math questions and 10 unscored “experimental” verbal questions. These questions are interspersed with the actual, scored questions with no way to identify them as experimental.

Second, the writers at ETS have a general sense of what makes a 50th percentile question, or a 75th percentile question, or a 90th percentile question. Because each test is designed to evaluate proficiency in the same range of topics, the writers have to come up with ways to test the same concepts at different levels of difficulty. That’s where “layering” comes in.

So, in a nutshell, a simple problem is made increasingly complex by adding information to obscure the core issues. In Sentence Correction questions, you are given a sentence in which a portion has been underlined. Your task is to determine whether the underlined portion is correct as it stands or whether it needs to be replaced with one of the answer choices in order to make the sentence grammatical and clear.

For example, let’s consider the following sentence:

The dog are friendly.

It does not take much effort to see that this sentence is flawed: the noun (”dog”) is singular but the verb (”are”) is plural. This would be much too easy for the GMAT, so the test writers must camouflage the error. One simple way to do so is to insert a lot of unnecessary verbiage between the noun and verb. We call this verbiage the “middleman.” For example:

The dog, which was one of two puppies rescued from the shelter, are friendly.

The subject-verb flaw is a little harder to see now, but still fairly apparent on a first read. If we take out the “middleman” (the intervening clause), we are back to the original sentence (”The dog are friendly”). Notice, however, that the writers have inserted a plural noun (”puppies”) in the new clause so that you have plurality on the brain when you read “are friendly.” If you are already thinking in plural terms, you are much less likely to spot the error. Even on a visual level, the subject of the sentence (”dog”) is so far removed from the verb (”are”) that the eye quickly alights on “puppies” as a possible subject for the plural “are.” As tricky as this may already seem, the writers can put yet another kink in the rope:

Two puppies were rescued from the shelter, but neither of them are friendly.

The error in this sentence is significantly less apparent than those in the previous examples, though it is still the same error: subject-verb disagreement. Here the subject is “neither (of them),” which is singular (think of it as “neither one of them”). The verb, however, is still plural (”are”). The saga of the mismatched subject and verb goes on. Can the writers make the problem even harder to spot? Sure! Let’s take a look at the following example:

Neither of the two puppies that were rescued from the shelter are friendly.

If you compare this sentence with the previous examples, the error is almost completely camouflaged. We can see that the subject is “neither (one),” which is singular, but the verb “are” is still plural. The core is simply “neither (one) are friendly.” The test writers have managed to layer enough “junk” into the middle of the sentence to make it very difficult to spot the error. That junk, though, is just extra information about the subject: “Neither (one) <of the two puppies that were rescued from the shelter> are friendly.” Only those who really know the rules backwards and forwards are going to be able to avoid this trap.

We have gone from “The dog are friendly” to “Neither of the two puppies that were rescued from the shelter are friendly” in a few steps, obscuring the central subject-verb issue along the way. Breaking sentences down into their component parts and analyzing their relationships is the key to success in Sentence Correction.

Major take-aways from Chris’s article:

1. When studying, try to figure out how the author “layered” the sentence to make it more difficult. Can you write a simpler version of the sentence (perhaps with only the core information, not everything)? How did the author make this sentence so tricky?

2. If you can split out the core and understand how the different pieces of “extra” info fit into the core, then you won’t be as likely to fall into a trap on a “layered” question. (You still might fall into a trap – but you will have a much better chance of avoiding it!)

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 9:00 am in GMAT - Verbal, GMAT Tips

Friday, March 12, 2010

HBS Admissions Director Advises College Seniors to Consider Applying in Round 3

In a post to her blog yesterday, Harvard Business School (HBS) Admissions Director Dee Leopold gave college seniors some food for thought. “If you are a college senior who wants to go to HBS – but not right away – then applying in Round 3 could be a smart choice,” she wrote.

She then ticked off a list of interesting reasons why it might make sense. For starters, successful applicants will gain deferred admission, which means they will have a guaranteed spot in the class of 2014 after completing two years in the workforce. Second, HBS does not have a target or cap on the number of deferred admit spots it offers. “Last year 43 college seniors were offered deferred admission,” Leopold wrote.

From a purely pragmatic standpoint, there are also a couple of additional reasons for college seniors to consider applying in Round 3, Leopold added. One is a cheaper application fee. Currently enrolled college seniors enjoy a reduced application fee of $100. It also might make sense to take the GMAT/GRE while you’re in college and still in test-taking mode, Leopold offered. GMAT/GRE scores are good for five years, after all.

According to Leopold, there is “no downside” to applying in Round 3 if you are college senior thinking of HBS for a future date. “If you aren’t admitted, apply again in a couple of years – lots of denied college seniors are successful in the future,” she advised.

The Round 3 application deadline for HBS is April 8, 2010. For more information, click here.

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 1:00 pm in Admissions Tips, Deadlines, MBA News, School: Harvard

Fridays From the Frontline

Welcome to the freshest Fridays From the Frontlines! Each week the Clear Admit team takes a ’spin’ around the MBA blogosphere, searching out the newest perspectives and stories. This week, applicants had a few final words about their round two results, and current students shared all sorts of stories and information with their readers.

Nistha expressed an appreciation for a few strong women. Rocky felt that he had three ’strikes’ during his Anderson interview. Dream Chaser reviewed his experience at his Day at Kellogg weekend, and went into detail about his fellow admits. Happy Libran discussed his Wharton hub interview in San Francisco. Steve was moving forward with his waitlist strategy, and asked what others in similar positions were doing. After a few interview invites, but no acceptances, LBiggs considered his next step. Madologue recounted a love story … between herself and Haas. Hari aimed to sell his car and leave the US in four weeks, and, with an acceptance under his belt, asked his readers what he should write about now.

Kellogg ‘11 DG wrote about the importance of ‘a few good mentors.’ BU ‘11 Felish gave newly admitted students a tour, and looked forward to sleeping over spring break. Chicago Booth ‘11 Globthink publicized the upcoming Chicago Booth European Conference. Kellogg ‘11 Orlando chimed in on an email a Stern professor sent to a potential student, which was a mix of humor and harshness. Harvard ‘11 Military to Businss was moments away from a week-long hiking adventure in Brazil, but took a moment to update his readers on his summer internship plans.

Third years were a relatively quiet bunch this week. Harvard ‘10 Gabrielle saw Christian Soriano in the flesh while attending the school’s Retail and Luxury Goods Conference. Darden ‘10 JulyDream took an 18 hour trip to see an iron ore mine, an ice hotel and reindeer farm. Ronjon went through the recruiting process successfully, even after originally deciding not to.

And that sums up this sensational week’s worth of b-school business. We hope that any round three applicants are feeling good about their submissions, and that current students have locked down their summer internships or full-time job plans. Until next week, have a wonderful weekend!

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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Twitter Thursdays: News from MBA Programs

Welcome to another installment of Twitter Thursdays, a weekly column in which we highlight the updates of the top MBA programs on Twitter! If you’re not following Clear Admit already, be sure to check us out on Twitter for updates, special prizes, admissions tips and breaking news. We’ve also created a list of MBA programs to ease your daily access to breaking news from the top MBA programs, as reported by admissions committee members themselves.

Though applicants are eager for news, The Assistant Dean of UCLA Anderson MBA Admissions & Financial Aid, Mae Jennifer Shores, noted that she can only promise Round 2 decisions will be released by March 31st. Students and faculty at Berkeley / Haas ensured that Rich Lyons, the Dean of the Haas School of Business, had a full week; he received student support for a place in the dunk-tank and the faculty’s approval for the school’s new strategic plan. Across the pond, MBA Admissions Coordinator at Judge Business School, James Barker, hosted several Round 3 candidates for Cambridge’s interview days. Associate Dean for Student Recruitment and Admissions at Chicago Booth, Rose Martinelli, has yet to determine how the PowerPoint presentation will play a part in next year’s application – if it does at all.

After hosting admitted students this past weekend, Chicago Booth reached the Round 3 deadline. Student teams at The Tuck School topped a few MBA competitions in modern business. The Wharton School plugged professors’ publications and research to spread the word on Google, healthcare in India and the state of the U.S. economy. The Kellogg School of Management shared its faculty’s research on executive compensation and hedge fund regulation.

Thanks for tuning into Twitter Thursdays this week! If you’re on Twitter, let us know; e-mail wiki@clearadmit.com with your user name and status as an MBA applicant, student or admissions officer so we can add you to the appropriate Twitter list. Happy updating and we’ll see you next week with some more “tweets!”

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 3:41 pm in Twitter Thursdays

More Europeans Taking GMAT, Having Scores Sent to European Business Schools

The number of European citizens taking the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) rising rapidly and a growing number of these test takers are having their scores sent to management education programs in Europe, according to recent research from the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), which owns the GMAT.

According to GMAC, increased test taking activity in Europe is part of surge in interest in MBA and other graduate management education programs worldwide. During the 2009 testing year, which runs from July 1st to June 30th, global GMAT testing volume reached an all-time high of 265,613. Of these test takers, for the first time ever this year more than half were non-U.S. citizens. Overall, test taking volume is up 32 percent since 2004. In Europe specifically, it has grown by 30 percent during the same time period.

The recent analysis of test taking volume also revealed new trends in where test takers are sending their scores. Almost 10 percent of GMAT score reports sent globally in testing year 2009 went to programs located in 10 European countries, up from 6.9 percent of scores sent five years earlier. Of these 10 European countries, the United Kingdom and France received the most number of score reports.

“More and more Europeans are recognizing that high-quality management education is available in their own back yard,” Julia Tyler, GMAC marketing executive, said in a statement.

GMAC researchers have found that European citizens are sending a significantly smaller share of their GMAT score reports to programs in the United States and instead sending them to programs in Europe, particularly to British, French, Dutch and Spanish business schools. According to GMAC’s data, the most popular European MBA programs among European citizens in 2009 were those at INSEAD, London Business School and IESE Business School.

For more details on trends in GMAT testing and score sending, click here.

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 1:00 pm in GMAT News, School: IESE, School: INSEAD, School: London Business School

Campus Chronicles: Cornell Business

Welcome back to Campus Chronicles! This week we’ll take a look at Cornell Johnson’s student newspaper, the Cornell Business, to see what’s been going on for b-school students at the Johnson campus.

Sixteen Johnson students recently returned from the 2009-2010 India Trek, in which they were tasked with completing a consulting project alongside local MBA students from Somaiya’s Institute of Management Studies and Research in Mumbai. Students divided into groups and worked on different projects, including consulting with a bio-diesel company, a university on its strategic plan, and an entrepreneur/inventor on his new exercise machine. In addition, students were able to visit local companies in fields such as bio-tech, venture capital, private equity investment, and pharmaceutics, ultimately meeting with the Governor or the Reserve Bank of India with whom they discussed India’s financial situation. The students also traveled to Bangalore, the Indian information technology hub, where they visited the IM-Bangalore campus, an IT firm, a silk factory, a tractor factory, and the hospital that performs the greatest number of heart operations throughout the world. During their free time, the students enjoyed riding in tuk-tuks, visiting the beaches of Goa, seeing the Taj Mahal.

Meanwhile, other Johnson students spent their winter break on the Hong Kong Trek, where the focus was finding internships and networking for post-grad job opportunities. On the week-long trip, students had the chance to visit 16 companies, including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Citi, Nomura (formerly Lehman), Bain, and other banks, buy-side firms, consulting firms, and private equity shops. During these visits, students had the chance to attend information sessions, and there was also the occasional on-the-spot job interview invite. Students also had the chance to meet with Johnson graduates based on Hong Kong during a planned social event.

India or Hong Kong – which Trek interests you most? Feel free to comment below!

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# posted by Clear Admit @ 3:00 am in Campus Chronicles, School: Cornell / Johnson

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